Abstract
Sayamakaori is a new variety for green tea. It was bred by the Breeding Laboratory designated by M.A. F., Saitama Prefectural Tea Experiment Station, and registered with M. A. F. as a superior variety in May, 1971.Sayamakaori was selected from the natural crossing seeds of Yabukita (the superior green tea variety) introduced from Shizuoka-Prefecture.The superior points of this variety are as follows ;1. The vegetative propagation of this variety is very easy.2. This variety grows vigorusly from young stage, and shows high yield and has especially strong cold-resistance. Therefore, it is adapted to the northern parts of green tea region in Japan like Saitama-Prefecture and Ibaragi-Prefecture.3. This variety yields leaves of superior qualities for green tea, and therefore, the tea has fine quality, especially in aroma.4. Sayamakaori is a medium variety, and the plucking time is a few days earlier than that of Yabukita. Therefore, tea growers can control the labour of tea leaf plucking by using this variety.
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